Ulster County grand jury indicts Highland man in shooting

KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A Highland man has been indicted by an Ulster County grand jury on charges that he shot his live-in girlfriend in the face, the Ulster County District Attorney's Office said Friday.

Jorge Marrero, 27, was indicted on two counts of felony assault in connection with the shooting of Lauren Watts, 25, the District Attorney's Office said.

Marrero is accused of shooting Watts in the face with a handgun on Oct. 14, causing serious facial and head injuries, police said at the time. The shooting happened in the couple's apartment on Pancake Hollow Road in Highland.

Authorities said Marrero took Watts to Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie after the shooting and that the hospital then notified Poughkeepsie police that a shooting victim was being treated there. That led to Marrero's arrest.